Land-roller



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J. B. BELCHER.

1 LAND ROLLER.

No. 378,916. n lPatented Mar. 6, 1888.

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JoHN B. BELCHEH, or CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

LAN D-RO LLER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,916, dated March e, Isae.

Application iilcd August 22, 1887. Serial No. 247,576. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. BELOHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Eaton and State of'lVrIicliigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Land-Rollers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the-accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements inland-rollers; and it consists in the detail construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aview in sideelevation of myinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical and horizontal sectional views thereof, taken at right angles to each other; and Fig. 4 is a detail view.

This invention relates particularlytothat class of land-rollers designed to provide a roller which does not require to be loaded or weighted in order to perform proper work,but

is sufficiently heavy in itself, and at the same time dispensing with the usual amount of iron castings, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture; and the invention comprises simple and efficient means for setting up or putting together and securing the heads and staves uniformly and for tightening the parts in case of shrinkage of the material consequent upon exposure to the varying temperature of the weather.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the central shaft, which is formed from large heavy timber, so as to make the same in itself as weighty as possible. To the shouldered en ds of this heavy central shaft, A, are secured suitable journals, ct @,designed to be secured in ordinary journal-boxes, a', disposed in the parallel side bars of an ordinary supporting-frame, a, to the front portion of which frame is secured the rear end of the central tongue or pole, a, as shown. This frame a2 is ordinarily provided with an upper horizontal extension or platform, (not shown,) whereon is secured the supporting-bar Y of an ordinary seat for the driver or operator.

B B are two head-pieces or wheels, disposed in pairs at each end of the central shaft, A, .which is shouldered, so as to provide for the .proper setting of the inner head-piece, BC(

and after being passed through said slots bof the sections b said bolts are rigidly secured by means of nuts screwed on the threaded portions thereof, as shown.

It will be seen that the sections b of the outer head-piece, B, are disposed at right angles to the sections b of the inner head -piece, B', whereby the grain of the timber of the sections adds greatly to the combined strength thereof.

To the outer surface of the sections of the inner head-pieces, B', in the space formed between the opposite edges of the sections of the head-piece B, are secured blocks or strips b3 b3, which may or may not fill the space formed between the edges of said sections of the headpiece B, according to the point at which the are grooved at each end, in which grooved portions said head-pieces or wheels are designed to rest? and after placing the staves or boards in position the same are securely retained by means of an adjustable tire, D, to the meeting ends of which are secured right-angular lugs provided with central screw-threaded apertures, wherein work the ends of a right-andleft threaded rod or screw, d, for securing said tire at the desired point.

From what has been said it will be seen that the central shaft, A, the head-pieces or wheels secured on the shouldered ends thereof, the

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adjustable sections of said head-pieces, the grooved staves, and the adjustable tire are all so arranged as to form a secure connection between all the parts and to permit the ready tightening thereof when necessary, as previously stated.

I claim as my invention- '1. In a landroller, the combination of the heavy central shaft having shouldered ends, the adjustable head-piees composed of sections placed on said shouldered ends, thestaves or boards having grooved ends, and the tire, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the heavy central shaft, of the head-pieces or wheels composed of sections, those of one head-piece or Wheel. being disposed at right angles to those of the other, and the staves or boards, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the heavy central 2o shaft, of the head-pieees or Wheels composed of sections, the nutted bolts working in slots of one section, and the staves or boards, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the heavy central 25 shaft and the adjustable head-pieces or Wheels, of the staves or boards having grooved ends fitting said head-pieces or wheels, and the tire, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 3o presence of two Witnessesn JNO. B. BELCHER.

`.Vitnesses:

Jlis. G. POLLARD, W. IP. Lnonv. 

